Dr Stuart McLanaghan of environmental consultancy Eden 21 argues for a new resource hierarchy, explaining why we need new metrics for resource use.

We might pay for our meals in gourmet restaurants with plastic, but how would you feel about eating something that’s fed on plastic? Leonie Butler reports

A round-up of equipment and business news from the waste and resources sector, including CD Enviro, Balcan Engineering, Bulk Handling Systems, and BCMY.

The United Kingdom is the world’s fifth largest producer of waste electrical and electronic devices, according to a new United Nations University report.

New legislation gives central government the ultimate responsibility for siting radioactive waste repositories in England.

Stakeholders are being asked to respond to a consultation on changes to the producer responsibility schemes for batteries and packaging, and submit evidence relating to a review of recycling targets.

The owner of a waste tyre business has been handed a suspended prison sentence after illegally disposing of almost 85,000 tyres in Devon.

The director of electrical goods shipping firm Bakour Limited has been given a suspended prison sentence for attempting to illegal export WEEE.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Resource Futures, Allerton Waste Recovery Park, Welland Bio Power Plant, and more…

The EC must make better use of its Ecodesign Directive if it is to address unsustainable resource consumption and bring about a circular economy, says the European Environmental Bureau.